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| 2009-11-07 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.7 |
| Volker Theile has released FreeNAS 0.7, a FreeBSD-based NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting CIFS, FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC and iSCSI protocols: "Today I am proud to announce the release of FreeNAS 0.7. Majors changes: add ability to configure the login shell for a user; upgrade Samba to 3.0.37; upgrade Transmission to 1.72; local users must join the 'ftp' group to be able to login via FTP if 'Local users only' in 'Services, FTP' is enabled; upgrade lighttpd to 1.4.23; add a user portal, this allows a local user to login and change the password; upgrade ProFTPD to 1.3.2a; upgrade iSCSI initiator to 2.2.3; Upgrade NTFS-3G to 2009.4.4; upgrade e2fsprogs to 1.41.8; add Adaptec AACRAID 32/64-bit driver to 5.2.0 Build 17517; upgrade inadyn-mt to 02.14.10; upgrade fuppes to SVN-0.640." See the release announcement for a complete changelog. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.7.iso (70.5MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.7.iso (73.8MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-21 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.7 RC1 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeNAS 0.7, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "Today I am proud to announce the release of the first release candidate of version 0.7. It took a really long time to make this version as it is now, but i think it was worth the wait. Majors changes: upgrade to FreeBSD 7.2; include ZFS support; upgrade iSCSI initiator to 2.1.1; replace iSCSI target with istgt; add WOL patch for NVIDIA (nfe) and 3Com (xl); re-factor 'Diagnostics Log' WebGUI; add kernel patches to get ARTiGO A2000 hardware working; upgrade Transmission to 1.61; add 'iperf', a tool to measure maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth...." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download the installable live DVD images from here: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.7RC1.iso (69.3MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.7RC1.iso (72.7MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-11 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.69.2 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the release of FreeNAS 0.69.2, a maintenance update of the FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "FreeNAS 0.69.2 released. Changes: add another WOL patch, it is tested for nfe(4) und xl(4); add switch in 'System|Advanced' WebGUI to enable the console screensaver; upgrade Adaptec SCSI RAID administration tool to 6.10.18359; add ability to enable or disable rc.conf variables; add Danish WebGUI translation; add kernel patches to get ARTiGO A2000 hardware working; add ability to use %d (date) and %h (hostname) in email subjects; add 'MaxLoginAttempts' event to FTP ban list rules; add 'ClientConnectRate' event to FTP ban list rules; allow selecting the key length of the cryptographic algorithm used to encrypt a disk...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69.iso (62.0MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69.iso (67.6MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-04-19 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.69.1 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the release of FreeNAS 0.69.1, an updated version of the FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "FreeNAS 0.69.1 (Omnius). Changes: upgrade Samba to 3.0.34, ProFTPD to 1.3.2, mDNSResponder to 1.08.6, lighttpd to 1.4.22, cdialog to 1.1.20080819, e2fsprogs to 1.41.4, nut to 2.4.1, Transmission to 1.51, Upgrade NTFS-3G to 2009.2.1, Bash to 4.0.10; upgrade 3Ware serial ATA RAID controller driver to 9.5.1; add 'SSL/TLS only' on 'Services, FTP' page to allow TLS/SSL connections only; add 'Reverse DNS lookup' on 'Services, FTP' page; add 'Authentication' checkbox on 'Services, BitTorrent' page to enable and disable authentication for TransmissionBT WebGUI...." Read the remainder of the release announcement for further details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69.1.iso (61.5MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69.1.iso (67.1MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-01-17 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.69 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the release of FreeNAS 0.69, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "After a long time of development FreeNAS 0.69 "Kwisatz Haderach" (revision 4276) has been released. Majors changes: add TFTP service, it is accessible via 'Services, TFTP' in the WebGUI; add Samba patch; upgrade nano to 2.0.9; upgrade PHP to 5.2.8; add WOL support for miscellaneous NICs; upgrade nfe driver; fixed Samba lock file problem; replace FTP server Pure-FTPd with ProFTPD 1.3.2rc3; add TCP wrappers, the rules can be configured via WebGUI 'Network, Hosts'; upgrade ATAidle to 2.4, Transmission to 1.42, rsync to 3.0.5; add ability to create a SWAP partition during installation; enhance the 'System, Advanced, Swap' page to select a file or disk device as swap space." Read the complete release announcement for a detailed list of changes and new features. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69.4276.iso (60.2MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69.4276.iso (65.7MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-12-01 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 RC2 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "This will hopefully be the last release candidate before a stable release can be published. So please test this version and report any problems. Changes: upgrade to FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE; add system firewall, please note that this is only for the local system and not for the network (this will also never be implemented, use pfSense or m0n0wall instead); upgrade Transmission to 1.40; introduce new WebGUI look (also fixes some MSIE rendering bugs); add UPS service WebGUI option to define shut-down mode; add option 'Use sendfile' to 'Services CIFS/SMB Settings'; check if configured port is already used (e.g. UPnP, BitTorrent, DAAP); fix web server security hole...." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69RC2.iso (60.0MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69RC2.iso (65.4MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-07 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 RC1 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. From the changelog: "Modify password handling for user 'admin', because of that the password will be set back to the default which is 'freenas'; Add QuiXplorer 2.3.1 to administrate file system via web browser; replace PHPMailer with msmtp SMTP mail client; add UPS email notification; upgrade lighttpd to 1.4.20; upgrade e2fsprogs to 1.41.3; upgrade Adaptec AACRAID 32/64-bit driver to 5.2.0 Build 15753; upgrade scponly to 4.8; add miscellaneous NOTIFYFLAG options to upsmon configuration to make logging more communicative; add 'Auxiliary parameters' option to DynamicDNS WebGUI page to allow adding additional parameters to the configuration file...." Download (MD5): FreeNAS-i386-0.69RC1.3991.iso (59.7MB), FreeNAS-amd64-0.69RC1.3991.iso (65.2MB). |
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| 2008-09-30 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 Beta 4 |
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| The fourth beta release of FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services, is ready for testing. From the release notes: "Upgrade to FreeBSD 6.4; upgrade to rsync 3.0.4, PHPMailer 2.2.1, Transmission 1.34; add new attribute 'Temporary directory' to UPnP WebGUI to define a directory used to store temporary transcoded files; modify /etc/rc.d/samba script; add 'Who' combobox to rsync client/local jobs to select user which is used to execute this job; add 'Enable' checkbox to rsync client/local jobs to enable or disable them; fix bug in zoneinfo port. Please note that due to adding many new features which have blown up the image size of FreeNAS, it is not possible to upgrade to the latest 0.69b4 from previous installations if you have chosen the embedded OS/DATA installation mode." Download (MD5): FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69b4.iso (59.3MB), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69b4.iso (64.7MB). |
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| 2008-09-14 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 Beta 3 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the third beta release of FreeNAS 0.69, a minimalist, FreeBSD-based operating system providing easy-to-setup Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "Today a new beta version of FreeNAS 0.69 has been released. As soon as FreeBSD 6.4 is released, expect the next and hopefully stable FreeNAS version. Major changes: add nullfs.ko and unionfs.ko kernel modules; display warning message when user is going to delete software RAID or encrypted volume; add 'Recursive', 'Times', 'Compress' and 'Archive' checkboxes to RSYNC client in local WebGUI; add 'Delete algorithm' option in RSYNC client in local WebGUI; add 'Execute now' button in RSYNC client in local WebGUI; add NVIDIA nForce MCP on-board Ethernet support; add audio and video transcoding support to fuppes; increase mfs_root size to 74MB (32-bit) and 80MB (64-bit); CTorrent BitTorrent client has been replaced by Transmission which includes a WebGUI...." More details in the release announcement. Download (MD5): FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69b3.3821.iso (59.4MB), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69b3.3821.iso (64.5MB). |
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| 2008-08-07 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 Beta 2 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the availability of the second beta release of FreeNAS 0.69, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. What's new? "Upgraded e2fsprogs to 1.41.0, NTFS-3G to 1.2531, Samba to 3.0.30, rsync to 3.0.3; added 'perms' and 'xattrs' parameter to rsync client/local shares; allow user to add additional parameters to rsync client/local shares; modified WebGUI look and feel; added CTorrent client (no WebGUI, only console support); disabled splash screen because it causes reboots on some systems; keep time zone information up to date; enabled WLAN interface setup via console; add 'Loewe Connect' UPnP support; modified iSCSI-Target WebGUI; disallow adding duplicate named CIFS/SMB and AFP shares...." Read the complete changelog for additional details. Download (MD5): FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69b2.3631.iso (47.6MB), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69b2.3631.iso (52.1MB). |
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| 2008-06-19 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 Beta 1 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the release of FreeNAS 0.69 beta 1, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. From the changelog "Upgrade to FreeBSD 6.3; add 'lagg' link aggregation and link failover interface support (kernel); switch back to SCHED_4BSD scheduler; add generic web server service; complete review and typo fixes in source code; upgrade rsync to 3.0.2, smartmontools to 5.38, lighttpd to 1.4.19, e2fsprogs to 1.40.10, PHP to 5.2.6; use SAJAX to update miscellaneous WebGUI pages every 5 seconds to display current states; refactor complete S.M.A.R.T. WebGUI and ActiveDirectory WebGUI; add ability to web server WebGUI to configure URLs requiring authentication; replace Adaptec SCSI RAID administration tool aaccli with arcconf; upgrade Adaptec AACRAID 32- and 64-bit driver to version 5.2.0 Build 15727; replace UPnP media player MediaTomb with Fuppes...." Download (MD5): FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.69b1.3504.iso (47.6MB), FreeNAS-amd64-liveCD-0.69b1.3504.iso (51.7MB). |
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| 2008-05-23 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.686.4 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the release of FreeNAS 0.686.4: "FreeNAS 0.686.4 stable was released today. It is a maintenance release so no new features have been included. Changes: Set subnet mask to 24 per default if DHCP is activated, otherwise WebGUI is not accessible in most networks when changing from DHCP to static; do not validate sync time values when pressing 'Now' on status report page; add ability to add multiple destination email addresses on status report page; display interfaces with status 'associated' in UPnP services WebGUI too; add ability to configure multiple host names for Dynamic DNS service; add patch to do a file system check on root if necessary; display correct share name for mounted ISOs on initial system page; fix CPU graph script error...." More in the release announcement. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686.4.3374.iso (46.6MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-11 |
Development Releases: FreeNAS 0.686.4 Beta and 0.69 Beta |
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| Volker Theile has announced two new releases of FreeNAS (a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free NAS services), a beta 0.686.4 (a minor update) and a beta 0.69 (major update). From the changelog of the latter: "Upgrade to FreeBSD 6.3; WOL kernel patch removed because there is currently no patch available for this version; add msk (Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet) network driver; dd 'lagg' link aggregation and link failover interface support; switch back to SCHED_4BSD scheduler; add generic web server service; complete review and typo fixes in source code; upgrade rsync to 3.0.2, lighttpd to 1.4.19, NTFS-3G to 1.2412, e2fsprogs to 1.40.9, PHP to 5.2.6; use SAJAX to update misc WebGUI pages every 5 seconds to display current states; add ability to Webserver WebGUI to configure URL's requiring authentication...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686.4.3281.iso (47.7MB), FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.69.3281.iso (48.1MB). |
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| 2008-02-23 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.686.1 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the release of an updated version of FreeNAS, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. From the changelog: "Upgrade Samba to 3.0.28; add attributes 'Guest account' and 'Null passwords' to 'Samba: Settings' advanced section in WebGUI; enhance WebGUI + rc-script to define additional group memberships for user accounts; replace uShare UPnP Mediaserver with MediaTomb 0.10.0; increase mfsroot size to 54MB for embedded version; add kernel patch to support ATI IXP600/700 PATA/SATA; switch back to SCHED_ULE scheduler; upgrade 3ware serial ATA RAID controller driver to 9.4.2; allow creation of users with empty passwords; upgrade ATAidle to 2.3; add SSL/TLS support to FTP service; use inadyn-mt instead of inadyn dynamic DNS client...." Read the rest of the release notes for more information. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686.1.2831.iso (46.5MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-12-26 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.686 |
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| FreeNAS 0.686, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services, has been released: "FreeNAS 0.686 stable out. Changes and bug fixes: Refactor port makefiles; upgrade netbsd-iscsi (iscsi-target) to 20071221, fusefs-ntfs to 1.1120; disable firmware upgrade via WebGUI for 'full' installations, use the 'full' upgrade mode from live CD instead; changed boot splash screen and WebGUI logo images; try to fix AFP Time Machine problem; fix bug in 'full' upgrade / install routine (live CD); do not delete log files during boot process on 'full' installations; it is not possible to format a SoftRAID disk with MSDOS FAT16/32; it is not possible to encrypt a disk partition, only complete disks are supported." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686.iso (43.7MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-12-16 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.686 Beta 3 |
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| Volker Theile has announced the third and final beta release of FreeNAS 0.686, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "FreeNAS 0.686b3 has been released. This will hopefully be the last beta before it becomes stable. Major changes: add file system check support during boot process; add attribute 'Store DOS attributes' to Samba and CIFS WebGUI; modify idmap syntax in smb.conf; upgrade Adaptec AACRAID driver to v5.2.0 Build 15317; upgrade WOL patch to version from 25.11.2007; add AFP share support; upgrade netbsd-iscsi (iscsi-target) to 20071130; upgrade PHPMailer to 2.0.0; modify rsync client and local WebGUI to define individual source and destination paths; modify rsync server WebGUI and rc-script, now it is possible to manage rsync shares...." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686b3.iso (43.7MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-11-18 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.686 Beta 2 |
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| The second beta release of FreeNAS 0.686, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services, is available for testing: "FreeNAS 0.686b2 out! Changes and bug fixes in this release: set correct sysid when formating disks with FAT32 and ext2; enable user to set volume label when formating disk using ext2; refactor API for better maintenance and feature enhancement; upgrade PHPMailer to 2.0.0rc1 and PHP to 5.2.5; add GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Apple Public Source License and PHP License text; 'dd' destination disks and partitions during install process; modify filechooser; fix XML parser bug when switching language; enable usage of USB stick to store configuration in non-live CD scenario...." See the complete changelog for more details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686b2.iso (44.1MB). |
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| 2007-11-02 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.686 Beta 1 |
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| The FreeNAS project has announced the first beta release of FreeNAS 0.686, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network Attached Storage (NAS) services: "Today FreeNAS 0.686b1 has been released. We skipped 0.685RC2 because all its improvements and fixes are also included in 0.686b1. Majors changes: upgrade fusefs-ntfs to 1.1004; upgrade lighttpd to 1.4.18; upgrade netbsd-iscsi to 20070925; refactor GEOM-Eli implementation + WebGUI, now it is possible to add existing encrypted disks and change passwords for a encrypted disk; improve device detection for configuration storage when booting from live CD; update zoneinfo files; add 'System/Packages' WebGUI page to administrate packages (only available in 'full' install mode); add LDAP authentication; add email status report...." Read the detailed changelog for more information. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686b1.iso (43.9MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-09-08 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.685 RC1 |
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| The first release candidate of FreeNAS 0.685, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage services, has been released for download: "Today FreeNAS 0.685RC1 has been released. Changes: modified build scripts; upgrade PHP to 5.2.4; upgrade lighttpd to 1.4.17; make login procedure more FreeBSD style, now we have 7 consoles available (via Alt-Fx keys), root is auto-login on ttyv0, environment is now set correctly, PATH is also correct; refactor time control used on various WebGUI pages like rsync or scheduled shutdown; restrict file access for FTP users to /mnt only; modified file permissions for configuration files to 0600; added patch for new hardware revision of D-Link DGE-528T PCI card...." See the full release announcement for more details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.685RC1.iso (41.9MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-07-15 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 0.685 Beta |
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| A new beta release of FreeNAS, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network Attached Storage (NAS) services, is now available. From the release notes and changelog: "Lot's of things has been changed in this release. The proprietary boot sequence has been replaced by the FreeBSD used sys5init system. Due this it is possible to start/stop and restart all services using the console (e.g. /etc/rc.d/lighttpd stop or /etc/rc.d/samba restart). Another change is that Samba shares has to be defined by the user..." Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.685b.iso (41.7MB). |
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| 2006-11-19 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.68 |
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| Olivier Cochard-Labbe has announced a new stable release of FreeNAS, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network Attached Storage (NAS) services. From the changelog: "Updated to FreeBSD 6.2 PRERELEASE; added new geom RAID5 module; fixed su permission; fixed FTP anonymous login; fixed the e2fsck bug, now EXT2 file system should be correctly repaired when errors are detected; added DHCP client option for LAN interface; changed default Samba buffer size to 16384; added option for not erasing the MBR when initializing disk - some RAID controllers store important data in the MBR; replace PHP 4 by PHP 5; replaced mini_httpd by lighttpd; replace sh shell with tcsh; upgraded Samba to 3.0.23a...." Download: FreeNAS-0.68.iso (38.1MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-07-02 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.67 |
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| A new version of FreeNAS, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage services, has been released. From the changelog: "Multilingual WebGUI ready; upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE; add software RAID: geom mirror; replace vsftpd 2.0.4 by pure-ftpd 1.0.21 (support UTF-8); update rsync to 2.6.8, Smartmon tools to 5.36, e2fsprogs to 1.39, iSCSI initiator to 0.17; replace Howl (maintenance stopped) by Apple Bonjour; SSH: added sftp subsystem; CIFS: added DOS charset 852, added UNIX charset, option for hiding some shares; FTP: added FTP banner option; added CLI tools: fetch (FTP/HTTP download client); support large FAT32 partition." Download from here: FreeNAS-0.67.iso (29.7MB). |
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| 2006-04-19 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.66 |
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| FreeNAS is a small FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. A new version 0.66, fixing bugs and adding minor new features, has been released. What's new? "Upgraded to FreeBSD 6.1 RC #12; added Broadcom NetXtreme II PCI/PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver; added FreeBSD version on the main page; added iSCSI diagnostic page (useful for displaying a list of target names); permit to mount more than 1 partition on the same hard drive; permit to use numbers in the login name; add CIFS buffer configuration option; added smartd daemon on the syslog settings page." For more details please refer to the release notes. Download: FreeNAS-0.66.iso (500MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-04-06 |
Distribution Release: FreeNAS 0.65 |
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| FreeNAS is a free NAS server based on FreeBSD. It supports CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, RSYNC protocols, local user authentication, and software RAID. FreeNAS 0.65 is based on FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #10. New features in this release: "MS Windows Domain authentication; Apple File Protocol (AFP); Announce FreeNAS services with Zeroconf (howl); iSCSI initator (NOT TESTED)." Read the announcement and the full changelog on its home page and SourceForge. Download: FreeNAS-0.65.iso (29.1MB, MD5). |
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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